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July 2024

You won’t regret an international co-op term in Norway

Thursday, July 25, 2024 by Aadya Dixit | 3.5 min read

Stanley Miao standing on a cliff above a town and looking off to the side.

Stanley Miao (he/him) is a fourth-year Computer Science student. Sharing his experience, he talks about co-op broadening his perspective and the excitement associated with research.

Stanley's co-op journey:

Mathematics

International

Research

Skill-up

Technology

A Gender and Social Justice student's insight into on-campus opportunities

Thursday, July 18, 2024 by Lauren Ballard | 3 min read

Alison Baird smiling and holding a shovel.

Alison Baird (any), a third-year Gender and Social Justice student discusses how they made the most of their experience working in the University of Waterloo’s Sustainability Office and how she approaches applying to a co-op position.

Arts

Environment

Job Applications

Professional Development

Sustainability

UN SDGs

Humanizing healthcare: building connections in the workplace

Thursday, July 11, 2024 by Aadya Dixit | 5 min read

Lexi Stumpf (she/her) is a third-year student in the Faculty of Health. She discusses how co-op gave her the opportunity to explore different areas of healthcare and how connecting with patients motivates her to do her best.

Health

Staying motivated

Well-being

Charged with purpose: reflections of an Electrical Engineering co-op student

Thursday, July 4, 2024 by Narayanan (Nana) Ramakrishnan | 4 min read

Narayanan (Nana) Ramakrishnan is a Master of a Engineering Co-op (MEng Co-op) student in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). He started the program in fall 2022 and is specializing in Sustainable Energy. As part of his degree, he completed a four-month co-op as an electrical engineering intern at Shell Canada in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.

Q&A with Narayanan

Engineering

Grad

Overcoming challenges

Staying motivated

UN SDGs